{"id":111920,"date":"2024-11-12T09:10:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/11\/12\/john-mayer-and-director-mcg-join-forces-to-buy-historic-jim-henson-studio-lot-for-60m\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T09:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:10:27","slug":"john-mayer-and-director-mcg-join-forces-to-buy-historic-jim-henson-studio-lot-for-60m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/11\/12\/john-mayer-and-director-mcg-join-forces-to-buy-historic-jim-henson-studio-lot-for-60m\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayer and Director McG Join Forces to Buy Historic Jim Henson Studio Lot for\u00a0$60M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJohn Mayer and director McG (<em>Family Switch<\/em>) have teamed up to buy one of Hollywood\u2019s most historic studio lots. According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/john-mayer-mcg-jim-henson-lot-hollywood-1236058985\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>, a spokesperson for guitarist\/singer Mayer confirmed that the pair are \u201cunder contract to buy Henson Studios.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/a-and-m-records-biggest-hits-billboard-hot-100-herb-alpert-jerry-moss\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/herb-alpert-jerry-moss-am-1966-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/herb-alpert-jerry-moss-am-1966-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1966\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA&amp;M Records&rsquo; 50 Biggest Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 While it Was Owned by Herb Alpert\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t08\/18\/2023<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>THR<\/em> reported that the approximately $60M bid was a \u201cdramatic reversal\u201d for the famed property that was the former home of A&amp;M Studios and, before that, Charlie Chaplin Studio, and which was reportedly being bid on by the controversial Church of Scientology, which already owns a number of other properties in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBefore Mayer and McG (born Joseph McGinty Nichol) swooped in, the property was reportedly being circled by Fab Factory Studios, a music production company run by father\/son team Steven and Shaun Fabos; the elder Fabos is reportedly a major Scientology financial supporter and his son was tagged as a hostile witness by the prosecution during Scientologist Danny Masterson\u2019s rape trial for changing his testimony on the stand in support of the actor who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to <em>THR<\/em>, the Fabos had a hold on the property, but when that ran out Mayer, who already has offices on the premises, swooped in to close the deal. The lot is a piece Hollywood history that had been under the Henson company since its purchase in 1999. It dates back to the early days of movie production when it began as the home base for silent film icon Charlie Chaplin\u2019s studio beginning in 1917. After Chaplin sold the facility in 1953, the Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument was eventually acquired by A&amp;M Records in 1966, which subsequently sold it to Muppet master Henson in 2000 to serve as the home base of The Jim Henson Company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/john-mayer-mcg-buy-jim-henson-studio-lot-60m-1235826412\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mayer and director McG (Family Switch) have teamed up to buy one of Hollywood\u2019s most historic studio lots. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a spokesperson for guitarist\/singer Mayer confirmed that the pair are \u201cunder contract to buy Henson Studios.\u201d Related A&amp;M Records&rsquo; 50 Biggest Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 While it Was Owned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}